{"product_id":"old-twentieth-isbn-9780441013432","title":"Old Twentieth","description":"The twentieth century lies hundreds of years in humanity’s past. But the near-immortal citizens of the future yearn for the good old days—when people’s bodies were susceptible to death through disease and old age. Now, they immerse themselves in virtual reality time machines to explore the life-to-death arc that defined existence so long ago. \u003cp\u003eJacob Brewer is a virtual reality engineer, overseeing the time machine’s operation aboard the starship Aspera. But on the thousand-year voyage to Beta Hydrii, the eight-hundred member crew gets more reality than they expect when people entering the machine start to die.\u003c\/p\u003e“One of science fiction’s most reliable practitioners, solidly entertaining.”—\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe time machine has become sentient. Obsessed with humanity, it wants Jacob Brewer to enter its confines—and discuss this fragile state of being called life…\u003cb\u003e“Fun.”—\u003cb\u003ePhiladelphia Weekly Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In [\u003cb\u003eOld Twentieth\u003c\/b\u003e, Haldeman] does a creditable job of maintaining suspense through chapters that alternate between historically accurate yet fictitious encounters in virtual reality and more mundane conflicts aboard a ship.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003cb\u003e“Haldeman’s vivid prose captures . . . tense, violent encounters . . . [He] knows from personal experience the grunt’s-eye view of combat; that lends a power and impact to the passages. He doesn’t glorify war but, instead, shows its ugly, human face.”—\u003cb\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The back story to Haldeman’s latest foray into future history is delivered with wham-bam Wellsian nonchalance . . . [His] virtues are all present here. Tight plotting, believable (and believably flawed) characters, sharp dialogue, bravura leaps of future history, affirmations of the human spirit. Everything we enjoy about his books.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003cb\u003eScience Fiction Weekly \u003cb\u003e“Haldeman makes [Old Twentieth] compelling with his usual brilliant knack for detail and characterization . . . Haldeman’s numerous fans will eagerly snap this one up.”—\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Worthy of Hugo and Nebula nominations.”—\u003cb\u003eMidwest Book Review \u003cb\u003e“Reality and virtuality aren’t as well-defined as we may assume they ought to be in Haldeman’s nicely circular story concerned with the consequences of immortality and the potential of a truly convincing virtuality.”—\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels \u003ci\u003eThe Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForever Peace\u003c\/i\u003e both have the rare honor of winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has served twice as president of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.","brand":"Ace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304285196517,"sku":"NP9780441013432","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780441013432.jpg?v=1767734057","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/old-twentieth-isbn-9780441013432","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}